For immediate relief, the urban poor often turned to political machines. During the first years of the Gilded Age, Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall provided more services to the poor than any city ...

Library of Congress The recent commentary, “What made America great in the Gilded Age ... of 47.3 years of age in 1900. Pressed to the wall by a largely unregulated economy, poverty level wages and ...

Library of Congress The recent commentary, “What made America great in the Gilded ... age in 1900. Pressed to the wall by a largely unregulated economy, poverty level wages and poor work ...